1. 1. Handwriting.
   2. A style of writing with cursive characters.
   3. A particular system of writing: cuneiform script.
2. Printing.
   1. A style of type that imitates handwriting.
   2. The matter set in this type.
3. 1. The text of a play, broadcast, or movie.
   2. A copy of a text used by a director or performer.
4. Law. An original document.
5. Computer Science. A simple program in a utility language or an application's proprietary language.

1. To prepare (a text) for filming or broadcasting.
2. To orchestrate (behavior or an event, for example) as if writing a script: "the brilliant, charming, judicial moderate scripted by his White House fans" (Ellen Goodman).

[Middle English skript, a piece of writing, alteration of scrite, from Old French escrit, from Latin scrīptum, from neuter past participle of scrībere, to write.]

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